UK govt says would comply with ‘legal obligations’ related to ICC LONDON: The British government indicated on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be arrested... Published 22 Nov, 2024 11:06pm
World Pro-Palestinian NGOs seek court order to stop Dutch arms exports to Israel THE HAGUE: Ten pro-Palestinian NGOs asked a Dutch court on Friday to stop the Netherlands exporting weapons to... Published 22 Nov, 2024 05:23pm
World PM Orban says he will invite Israeli PM Netanyahu to Hungary after ICC move BUDAPEST: Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday he would invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to... Published 22 Nov, 2024 12:37pm
World Dozens feared dead in Gaza after Israeli strikes GAZA: Dozens of people were killed or unaccounted for after Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, a hospital director... Published 22 Nov, 2024 03:03am
World Netanyahu ‘now officially a wanted man’ after ICC warrant: Amnesty chief PARIS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “now officially a wanted man” after the International Criminal... Published 21 Nov, 2024 11:11pm
World Hamas: No hostages-for-prisoners swap deal with Israel unless Gaza war ends CAIRO: Hamas’ acting Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya said in an interview with Al-Aqsa TV released on Wednesday that... Published 20 Nov, 2024 11:55pm
World US vetoes UN Security Council resolution on Gaza ceasefire Only US votes against, using its veto as permanent council member to block resolution Updated 20 Nov, 2024 10:53pm
World UN to vote again on Gaza ceasefire, US plans unclear UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council is expected to vote Wednesday on another draft resolution calling for a... Updated 20 Nov, 2024 08:00pm
World US envoy says end to Israel-Hezbollah war ‘within grasp’ BEIRUT: US special envoy Amos Hochstein said during a visit to Beirut on Tuesday that an end to the Israel-Hezbollah... Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am
World US, Israeli officials will discuss civilian harm in Gaza in early December, State Department says WASHINGTON: Senior U.S. and Israeli officials will hold talks in early December in the first meeting of a new... Published 20 Nov, 2024 01:06am
World Yemen’s Houthis say targeted cargo ship in Red Sea SANAA: Yemen’s Houthi rebels announced Tuesday they had targeted a cargo ship in the Red Sea, while a multinational... Published 20 Nov, 2024 12:00am
World Lebanon says US truce plan ‘very positive’: official BEIRUT: The Lebanese government has largely endorsed US truce proposal to end the Israel-Hezbollah war and was... Published 18 Nov, 2024 10:49pm
World ‘No plan B’ to aid Palestinian refugees: UNRWA chief GENEVA: There is no alternative to the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, its chief insisted Monday,... Updated 18 Nov, 2024 08:49pm
World Israeli strikes kill 20 Palestinians in Gaza, some in attacks on tents, say medics CAIRO/GAZA: Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed 20 Palestinians on Monday, including six people... Published 18 Nov, 2024 05:02pm
World Pope calls for Gaza ‘genocide’ investigation VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis for the first time tackled claims of Israel’s ongoing “genocide” of Palestinians in Gaza... Published 17 Nov, 2024 11:17pm
World Dozens killed and wounded in Israeli strikes across Gaza, officials say Death toll in besieged territory crosses 43,800 since October 7, 2023 Updated 17 Nov, 2024 10:25pm
World Health ministry in Gaza says death toll at 43,764 The health ministry in Gaza said Friday that at least 43,764 people have been killed in more than 13 months of war... Updated 15 Nov, 2024 08:08pm
World US rejects ‘genocide’ accusation against Israel WASHINGTON: The United States said Thursday it disagreed both with a UN committee’s finding that Israeli warfare... Published 15 Nov, 2024 12:27am
World Lebanon army redeployment in south crucial to war solution: UN peacekeeping chief BAABDA: The UN peacekeeping chief whose force monitors Lebanon’s south said redeploying Lebanese troops there is... Published 14 Nov, 2024 11:24pm
World Israel warfare methods ‘consistent with genocide’: UN committee UNITED NATIONS: Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special UN committee... Published 14 Nov, 2024 10:09pm
World Israeli forces kill 14 people in Gaza, force new displacement in the north CAIRO: Israeli military strikes killed at least 14 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as Israeli... Published 13 Nov, 2024 03:40pm
World Russia asks Israel to avoid air strikes near Syrian base MOSCOW: Russia has asked Israel to avoid launching aerial strikes as part of its war against Lebanon’s Hezbollah... Published 13 Nov, 2024 03:30pm
World Netanyahu says Iran’s government fears its people more than Israel JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a direct message to Iranians on Tuesday that Supreme... Published 13 Nov, 2024 12:07am
World Blinken tells Israel it must show improvement in Gaza humanitarian crisis WASHNGTON: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday told a senior Israeli official that the steps Israel has... Published 12 Nov, 2024 11:26pm
World Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 43,665 GAZA CITY: The health ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday that at least 43,665 people have been killed in more than 13... Published 12 Nov, 2024 06:54pm
World Israel says it is pushing to get aid into Gaza before US deadline as fighting persists CAIRO/JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had delivered hundreds of packets of food to cut-off areas... Published 12 Nov, 2024 06:41pm
World Iran says world awaits Trump government stop to Gaza, Lebanon wars RIYADH: Iran on Monday said the “world is waiting” for Donald Trump’s incoming US government to stop Israel’s wars... Published 11 Nov, 2024 10:58pm
World Lebanon state media says Israel struck village in far north BEIRUT: Lebanese state-run media said Israel struck a house in the northern Akkar region on Monday, one of the... Published 11 Nov, 2024 10:52pm
World Gaza rescuers say 14 killed in Israeli strikes GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Saturday that Israeli air strikes killed at least 14 Palestinians... Updated 09 Nov, 2024 04:14pm
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Thinking about and planning for future, not just the present “It’s all relative, isn’t it! I reckon double think is the right phrase to use – a phrase used by George... Published 09 Nov, 2024 06:36am
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points